Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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